Minnesota Timberwolves heart Rudy Gobert has endorsed President-elect Donald Trump’s determination to pick out Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to guide the U.S. Division of Well being and Human Providers (HHS).
In a short message posted on X Thursday night, the NBA participant voiced his assist for Trump’s choice.
Minnesota Timberwolves heart Rudy Gobert, #27, shoots over Portland Path Blazers heart Donovan Clingan, #23, throughout the second half of an Emirates NBA Cup basketball sport in Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Picture/Craig Mitchelldyer)
“Let’s go @RobertKennedyJr,” the message learn.
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The president-elect, who gained again the presidency simply final week, introduced his choose on Thursday. Kennedy, who initially entered the race for the presidency as a democrat earlier than switching to an unbiased run and ultimately dropping out to endorse Trump’s marketing campaign, thanked the president-elect with a put up on X.
“We have a generational opportunity to bring together the greatest minds in science, medicine, industry, and government to put an end to the chronic disease epidemic,” he wrote. “I look forward to working with the more than 80,000 employees at HHS to free the agencies from the smothering cloud of corporate capture so they can pursue their mission to make Americans once again the healthiest people on Earth.”
Kennedy pledged to “clean up corruption, stop the revolving door between industry and government, and return our health agencies to their rich tradition of gold-standard, evidence-based science.”
Former President Donald Trump, proper, shakes fingers with Impartial presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a marketing campaign rally on the Desert Diamond Enviornment on Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Picture/Evan Vucci)
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Kennedy’s choice was met with each a wave of criticism and reward largely linked to stance on vaccines.
U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif. Known as Kennedy’s nomination “f—ing insane,” slamming him as a “vaccine denier” and a “tin foil hat conspiracy theorist.” Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, nonetheless, praised the choice, including that Kennedy “helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado.”
Many customers on social media referred to as Gobert out over the put up. The four-time Defensive Participant of the 12 months was famously one of many first gamers within the NBA identified to have contracted COVID-19 in 2020.
Minnesota Timberwolves heart Rudy Gobert, #27, warms up earlier than the sport towards the Portland Path Blazers at Moda Heart. (Soobum Im-Imagn Photographs)
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Gobert signed a contract with the T-Wolves for $205 million over 5 years, a deal he signed in December 2020 whereas nonetheless a member of the Utah Jazz.
Fox Information’ Louis Casiano and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
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